McCuistion Glacier

McCuistion Glacier (84°49′S 175°30′W) is a tributary glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which flows west along the north side of Lubbock Ridge to enter Shackleton Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Construction Driver Joshua P. McCuistion, U.S. Navy, who was injured in an Otter airplane crash on December 22, 1955, following take-off from the Cape Bird area.[1]

References

"McCuistion Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-09-05.

This article incorporates public domain material from "McCuistion Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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Anatomy

Processes

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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